Revell 1/12 Testarossa

I just opened the box on this one this weekend, and started with the engine/transaxle. It sure is big enough to add ignition wires, plumbing, etc.

I guess I was just a little dissapointed that it did not have opening doors and trunk, (like the Fujima 1/16th TR kit I have), but it seems to be shaped in a lot better proportions. The Fujima body shell somehow looks a little short & fat to me.

Has anybody else ever built up either one of these?

 

Thanks, I kind of felt the same way after looking at the parts for a day or two. I think I will go ahead with the Revell and save the Fujima for later.

The Revell is just kind of like a double-scale version of their Miami Vice 1/24 kit, and mine came with one sadly mis-molded rear tire as well.

Maybe I should just buy an R-C car chassis and make a driver out of it...

 

Really, I was just kidding on the RC car thing...but now you have me thinking...

Remember that AMC Pacer or something that Christopher Lee had in the James Bond movie? You know - he could clip on wings and it could fly?

Perhaps this would be a more practical solution - you generally only get one good crash out of an RC plane anyway...

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OK, serious mode again.

What the deal is is that I was wanting to do a really good model of the 1987 Testarossa because I am buying the real car this spring...and when I first opened up the Fujima, like I said, I just had this feeling that something was off in the body proportions. But then I got the Revell and realized that they made no real attempt to do much of any fine details or opening panels.

So, I guess I will build the Revell first and save the Fujima for when I have the real car to serve as a detail reference.

It I keep on buying kits, I will have spent as much as if I had found one of the old Pocher 1/8 models on E-bay.

James

 

I hear you on the Pocher kits - the guy at our best Dallas hobby shop told me the same thing. He has three unbuilt Testarossa's which he would sell at about $600 (each), but he essentially told me not to waste my time with it. He also told me their Porsche 911 model did not even have an engine!

Guess that's one of the reasons they went out of business.

I always thought it was incredible to see these Pocher kits built up where the builder did not even bother to paint the waxy looking plastic body...maybe these really were for the bolt-together low effort hobby segment.

It will be a while on the pics, but I may be able to get some in a few weeks.

Say, while I am ranting on about kits - (and you seem to be something of an authority), I have a lost kit mystery question. Years ago, when I was a kid, late 60s, a guy paid me to build up a 1/16 or 1/12 scale Cord 812 convertible plastic model for him. It had working steering, doors, etc... and even working roll-up windows. I really cannot remember who made it, but would like to know if a few of these are lurking out there somewhere - does it ring a bell?

James